Gruesome and Normal

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Gruesome adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

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Normal is an antonym for gruesome in horrible topic.

Normal adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

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Gruesome is an antonym for normal.

Nearby Words: normalize, norm, normalise, normally, normality

When the Joker looks through a collection of Vicki Vale's photographs, he says "crap" five times for normal pictures, and "Now that's good work" when he gets to the gruesome Corto Maltese picture.

Source: Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...
In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Two Face," it's easy to spot in normal viewing, but still cool to freeze frame Harvey Dent's gruesome half foreshadowed in a flash of lightning.

Source: Freeze Frame Bonus / Western Animation
Horrible Histories: In this TV adaptation, this often happens on purpose when something unexpected, weird, embarrassing or gruesome happens, such as during the Dick Turpin song, the words "that's lame" are in the actor's normal voice, but the rest of them with an altered voice.

Source: Ooh Me Accents Slipping / Live-Action TV

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